Kazusa Province
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Kazusa Province was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture. The province was located in the middle of the Bōsō Peninsula, whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Prov
Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Kazusa" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Kujūkuri Beach
Jōzai Domain
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Jōzai Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Kazusa Province, Japan. The domain was centered on Manube jin’ya, in what is now the city of Kisarazu, Chi
Kazusa Province
…directly by the shōgun and administered by various hatamoto. The entire province had an assessed revenue of 425,080 koku. Following the Boshin War, Jōzai Domain was abolished for its opposition to the Meiji Restoration, and six minor domains were created for daimyō dispossessed with the creation of Sunpu Domain…
Site of Mabuchi Jin’ya, administrative center of Jōzai Domain
The last daimyō of Jōzai, Hayashi Tadataka